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Podcast: The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge from KFUO Radio
Episode: #026: Hymn Sing with Sarah: Lent & Holy Week
Description: Which are the greatest Lutheran Lenten hymns?
In this episode, the Lutheran Ladies share their favorite Lenten hymns and discuss the results of a recent poll in the Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge Facebook poll. Resident #hymnnerd Sarah then tells the stories behind the creation of two of Lutheranism’s most beloved hymns: “My Song Is Love Unknown” (text by Samuel Crossman) and “O Sacred Head Now Wounded” (text by Paul Gerhardt).
“Our favorites tend to be driven by emotion and memories,” says Sarah. “… and I don’t think there’s anything necessarily wrong with that. All of the Lenten hymns in our hymnal, they all hav...